chamilo 1.8.7.1 has been named Palmas after the very recent and rapidly growing city of Palmas, Brazil, in which a few of the people in charge of the Brazilian Portuguese translation are located.
This version is a minor version, which means it doesn't implement important new features, but rather focuses on stabilizing the existing ones. However, we managed to slip a few new features inside, like:
- Added shuffling to multiple answers
- Added simple document search feature
- Enabled PDF export for HTML documents
- Added simple social network link featurei (LinkedIn, twitter, Facebook, …) and short URL feature for users profile
- Added e-mail notification on wiki updates
- Added ASCIIMathML for mathematical formulas edition
- Improved SCORM 1.2 tracking
- Re-enabled course tutor role: a student can be tutor and help the teacher
- Adding an assignment to the calendar is now done by hand out date instead of creation date
- General improvements in gradebook tool and file manager
If you are worried about loosing data during the upgrade, please ask on our forum or to an official provider near you.